Haak v. Kellogg’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““The situation, then, was that plaintiff had furnished material to Mr. Beckley which was put into a house belonging to defendants for which, if he pursued the proper course, he could enforce a lien against the property. It is claimed that it was stated by one of the defendants that they wanted the job finished; that they agreed to pay for the lumber then furnished, and to be furnished, and that plaintiff was not to look to Mr. Beckley for the pay for this lumber, but to them, and that as part of this agreement one of the defendants gave him a short-time note for $200; that, relying upon the agreement, he continued to furnish lumber and materials until the building was completed. Gibbs v. Blanchard, 15 Mich. 292 ; Potter v. Brown, 35 Mich. 274 , and the cases cited in the note. McLaughlin v. Austin, 104 Mich. 489 ( 62 N. W. 719 ), and Wenzel v. Johnston, 112 Mich. 243 ( 70 N. W. 549 ), sustain the proposition that under the testimony offered upon the part of the plaintiff the case should have been submitted to the jury.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Monroe Lumber Co. v. Bezeau